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Czech Republic, Republic of Estonia, Hungary, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, Republic of Poland, Slovak Republic, and Republic of Slovenia : Export Structure and Credit...
International Monetary Fund - 2006
Of the new members entering the European Union (EU) in May 2004, several had achieved a decade of impressive export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404829
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Export Versus FDI in Services
International Monetary Fund - 2010
In the literature on exports and investment, most productive firms are seen to invest abroad. In the Helpman et al. (2004) model, costs of transportation play a critical role in the decision about whether to serve foreign customers by exporting, or by producing abroad. We consider the case of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403090
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Export Pricing Behavior of Manufactuting : U.S.-Japan Comparison
International Monetary Fund - 1988
Using domestic and export price data and a framework of markup over cost, pricing behavior of U.S. and Japanese … manufacturers is compared. Major export industries in Japan have higher productivity growth and lower pass-through coefficients than … American exporters, who tend to price to domestic cost. Japanese firms seem to price discriminate between domestic, and export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395791
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Can Fiscal Decentralization Strengthen Social Capital?
International Monetary Fund - 2000
Countries where social and political institutions stimulate interpersonal trust, civic cooperation, and social cohesiveness tend to have more efficient governments, better governance systems, and faster growth. This paper provides cross-country evidence, based on a sample of developing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399798
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Outsourcing Tariff Evasion : A New Explanation for Entrepot Trade
International Monetary Fund - 2005
possibility that entrepôts may facilitate tariff evasion. Using data on direct exports to mainland China and indirect exports to … it via Hong Kong SAR, we find that the indirect export rate rises with the Chinese tariff rate, even though there is no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400698
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Lesotho; Selected Issues And Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
The Selected Issues paper provides an overview of trends, performance export growth, value added, and employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825028
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El Salvador; Selected Issues: Background Notes
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This Selected Issues paper presents background notes on El Salvador’s economic growth, national savings, and implications of the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA). The paper describes possible factors behind sluggish growth in El Salvador in recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768488
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Republic of Poland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper analyzes the main factors underlying the evolution of competitiveness, export performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591205
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Tunisia; 2003 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tunis...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
Tunisia showed strong economic performance, low inflation, and reduced poverty owing to its sound and transparent macroeconomic policies, trade liberalization, and social policies. Executive Directors commended this development, and stressed the need to tighten monetary and fiscal policies, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591820
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Regional Economic Outlook, April 2014 : Western Hemisphere: Rising Challenges
International Monetary Fund - 2014
The five Regional Economic Outlooks published biannually by the IMF cover Asia and Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. In each volume, recent economic developments and prospects for the region are discussed as a whole, as well as for...
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